ANTINOMIAN


Meaning of ANTINOMIAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌan-ti-ˈnō-mē-ən ]

noun

Etymology: Medieval Latin antinomus, from Latin anti- + Greek nomos law

Date: 1565

1. : one who holds that under the gospel dispensation of grace the moral law is of no use or obligation because faith alone is necessary to salvation

2. : one who rejects a socially established morality

• antinomian adjective

• an·ti·no·mi·an·ism -mē-ə-ˌni-zəm noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.